# 1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup was the 28th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Spanish FC Barcelona defeated the Spanish Adecco Estudiantes in the final. This was FC Barcelona's second time winning the title following a victory in 1987.

## Team allocation
### Country ranking

For the 1998–1999 FIBA Korać Cup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1997–98.
| Rank | Country | Points | Teams |
| 1 | Greece | 237.000 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 222.833 | 4 |
| 3 | Spain | 194.500 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey | 92.833 | 4 |
| 5 | France | 88.667 | 4 |
| 6 | Russia | 67.732 | 4 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 46.333 | 4 |
| 8 | Germany | 38.500 | 4 |
| 9 | Croatia | 35.542 | 4 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 34.667 | 4 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 33.714 | 4 |
| 12 | Israel | 31.902 | 4 |
| 13 | Poland | 21.524 | 4 |
| 14 | Portugal | 19.794 | 4 |
| 15 | Belgium | 15.929 | 4 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 8.905 | 4 |
| 17 | Macedonia | 6.542 | 4 |
| 18 | Hungary | 6.429 | 4 |
| 19 | Austria | 5.417 | 4 |
| Rank | Country | Points | Teams |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 4.187 | 4 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 4.083 | 3 |
| 22 | Slovakia | 3.944 | 3 |
| 23 | Sweden | 3.667 | 3 |
| 24 | England | 3.611 | 3 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 3.722 | 2 |
| 26 | Finland | 3.083 | 2 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 2.694 | 2 |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.389 | 2 |
| 29 | Latvia | 1.861 | 1 |
| 30 | Estonia | 1.778 | 1 |
| 31 | Romania | 1.500 | 1 |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 1.500 | 1 |
| 33 | Albania | 1.500 | 1 |
| 34 | Georgia | 1.444 | 1 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 1.361 | 1 |
| 36 | Denmark | 0.167 | 1 |
| 37 | Belarus | 0.111 | 1 |
| 38 | Moldova | 0.056 | 1 |
| 39 | Ireland | 0.000 | 1 |
| 40 | Wales | 0.000 | 1 |
| 41 | Iceland | 0,000 | 1 |

### Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
* WC: Wild card
Regular season :
| Panionios Nutella (5th) | Adecco Estudiantes (5th) | Le Mans Sarthe (7th) | Radnički Jugopetrol (8th) |
| Apollon Achaia Clauss (6th) | Unicaja (8th) | Besancon BCD (8th) | Šiauliai (7th) |
| Iraklio Minoan Lines (7th) | Forum Valladolid (9th) | Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody (6th) | Alita-Savy (8th) |
| Papagou Katselis (8th) | Beşiktaş (5th) | Spartak Saint Petersburg (7th) | Neptunas (9th) |
| Zucchetti Reggiana (4th) | Darüșșafaka (7th) | Sport-Akademklub Moscow (8th) | UniVersa Bamberg (3rd) |
| Ducato Siena (6th) | Galatasaray (8th) | Arsenal Tula (11th) | Telekom Baskets Bonn (5th) |
| Aeroporti Di Roma (7th) | Tuborg Pilsner (9th) | FMP Železnik (2nd) | Benston Zagreb (5th) |
| Pepsi Basket Rimini (8th) | PSG Racing Basket (5th) | Lovćen (6th) | Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana (3rd) |
| FC Barcelona (4th) | JDA Dijon (6th) | Beobanka (7th) | FC Porto (WC) |
| Qualifying round ||||
| Ericsson Bobry Bytom (3rd) | AEL Limassol (4th) | Tatami Rhöndorf (6th) | Chemosvit (2nd) |
| Komfort Stargard Szczecinski (4th) | Panathinaikos Limassol (5th) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8th) | AŠK Inter Slovnaft (3rd) |
| Pogón Ruda Ślaska (6th) | Oliveirense (3rd) | Svjetlost Brod (6th) | Tapiolan Honka (3rd) |
| AZS Elana Torun (8th) | Aveiro Basket | Zrinjevac (8th) | Namika Lahti (6th) |
| Union Mons-Hainaut (3rd) | Benfica | Krka (4th) | Dinamo București (1st) |
| Okapi Aalstar (4th) | Borac Nektar (1st) | Helios Domžale (8th) | CSU Astral Sibiu (2nd)$^{WC}$ |
| Sunair Ostende (5th) | Brotnjo (3rd/4th) | Maccabi Rishon LeZion (5th) | Grodno-93 (1st) |
| Atomics Bruxelles (8th) | Sloboda Dita (3rd/4th) | Hapoel Galil Elyon (6th) | RTI-OZAA Osipovichi (3rd)$^{WC}$ |
| Montan Kapfenberg (3rd) | Racing Club Luxembourg (1st) | Shakhtar Donetsk (4th) | Kumanovo (4th) |
| UKJ Möllersdorf Traiskirchen (4th) | Residense (WC) | Azovbasket (WC) | Norrköping Dolphins (1st) |
| UBC Mattersburg 49ers (5th) | Sparta Bertrange (WC) | ZTE (6th) | Ficosota Shumen (4th) |
| Klosterneuburg Dukes (6th) | Fribourg Olympic (1st) | Falco Szombathely (7th) | Ricoh Astronauts (3rd) |
| Keravnos Keo (2nd) | Vacallo Win (2nd)$^{WC}$ | Sparta Praha (6th) | Vllaznia (1st) |
| Achilleas Kaimakli (3rd) | Lugano Snakes (3rd)$^{WC}$ | Nova Hut Ostrava (7th) | Azot Rustavi (1st) |
* ^ Note BIH: After the war in Bosnia, the basketball league in BIH was divided in three parts by ethnicity. Borac Nektar participated as a champion of the league of Republika Srpska, not included for the playoffs for the champion of BIH

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sunair Ostende | 174–133 | Oliveirense | 117–78 | 57–55 |
| Tatami Rhöndorf | 205–132 | Sparta Bertrange | 101–67 | 104–65 |
| Residense | 93–191 | Inter Slovnaft | 39–108 | 54–83 |
| Namika Lahti | 154–162 | Norrköping Dolphins | 88–85 | 66–77 |
| RTI-OZAA Osipovichi | 118–123 | Komfort Stargard Szczecinski | 56–48 | 62–75 |
| ZTE | 149–174 | Fribourg Olympic | 79–86 | 70–88 |
| Möllersdorf Traiskirchen | 136–139 | Keravnos Keo | 71–77 | 65–62 |
| Brotnjo | 128–101 | Dinamo București | 78–46 | 50–55 |
| Achilleas Kaimakli | 127–151 | Sparta Praha | 71–54 | 56–97 |
| Benfica | 164–146 | Vacallo Win | 80–74 | 84–72 |
| Astral Sibiu | 147–177 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 73–83 | 74–94 |
| Klosterneuburg Dukes | 156–165 | Union Mons-Hainaut | 74–75 | 82–90 |
| Mattersburg 49ers | 110–175 | Okapi Aalstar | 50–83 | 60–92 |
| Lugano Snakes | 144–153 | Nova Hut Ostrava | 76–64 | 68–85 |
| Vllaznia | 129–190 | Ericsson Bobry Bytom | 60–89 | 69–101 |
| Svjetlost Brod | 155–157 | Falco Szombathely | 61–72 | 94–85 |
| Borac Nektar | 156–121 | Montan Kapfenberg | 92–56 | 64–65 |
| Ricoh Astronauts | 116–139 | Porto | 65–74 | 51–65 |
| Atomics Bruxelles | 172–143 | Racing Club Luxembourg | 85–69 | 87–74 |
| Azot Rustavi | 179–203 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 92–93 | 87–110 |
| Pogoń Ruda Śląska | 172–127 | Kouvot | 94–74 | 78–53 |
| Tapiolan Honka | 176–175 | AZS Elana Torun | 87–73 | 89–102 |
| Zrinjevac | 198–147 | AEL Limassol | 109–68 | 89–79 |
| Helios Domžale | 132–145 | Sloboda Dita | 64–70 | 68–75 |
| Aveiro | 171–186 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 94–100 | 77–86 |
| Azovbasket | 139–133 | Grodno-93 | 79–54 | 60–79 |
| Panathinaikos Limassol | 135–191 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 73–94 | 62–97 |
| Kumanovo | 107–139 | Krka | 53–64 | 54–75 |
| Chemosvit | 149–134 | Ficosota Shumen | 76–61 | 73–73 |
Source: fibaeurope.com

## Regular season

Key to colors :
* Top two places in each group advance to round of 32
| Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Galatasaray 431282236+467 2. Radnički Jugopetrol 422301284+176 3. Inter Slovnaft 413235298−635 4. Sport-Akademklub Moscow 0000000 | Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Norrköping Dolphins 642532488+4410 2. Alita-Savy 642477466+1110 3. Spartak Saint Petersburg 633516508+89 4. Komfort Stargard Szczecinski 615431494−637 |
| Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Sunair Ostende 642509459+5010 2. Zucchetti Reggiana 633441475−349 3. Tatami Rhöndorf 633489461+289 4. Unicaja 624420464−448 | Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Panionios Nutella 651458420+3811 2. Keravnos Keo 63340540509 3. FMP Železnik 633421441−209 4. Fribourg Olympic 615402420−187 |
| Group E TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Beşiktaş 651480455+2511 2. Ericsson Bobry Bytom 633462445+179 3. Pepsi Rimini 624433453−208 4. Falco Szombathely 624458480−228 | Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. JDA Dijon 642502477+2510 2. Forum Valladolid 642459422+3710 3. Union Mons-Hainaut 633446451−59 4. Nova Hut Ostrava 615447504−577 |
| Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Brotnjo 642409375+3410 2. Apollon Achaia Clauss 642442411+3110 3. Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana 642450409+4110 4. Sparta Praha 606352458−1066 | Group H TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Maccabi Rishon LeZion 642490454+3610 2. UniVersa Bamberg 642424416+810 3. Le Mans Sarthe 633475480−59 4. Benfica 615429468−397 |
| Group I TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Adecco Estudiantes 651496449+4711 2. Porto 642493463+3010 3. Besancon BCD 624437418+198 4. Atomics Bruxelles 615411507−967 | Group J TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Ducato Siena 642449359+9010 2. Benston Zagreb 642396417−2110 3. Borac Nektar 633392401−99 4. Tuborg Pilsner 615398458−607 |
| Group K TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Telekom Baskets Bonn 642469439+3010 2. Papagou Katselis 642456433+2310 3. Sloboda Dita 633368395−279 4. Zrinjevac 615413439−267 | Group L TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Šiauliai 642538484+5410 2. Pogoń Ruda Śląska 642494453+4110 3. Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody 633503531−289 4. Shakhtar Donetsk 615495562−677 |
| Group M TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Aeroporti di Roma Virtus 651477424+5311 2. Krka 651465426+3911 3. Lovćen 615414466−527 4. Hapoel Galil Elyon 615444484−407 | Group N TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. FC Barcelona 660515411+10412 2. Okapi Aalstar 633498524−269 3. PSG Racing Basket 633466451+159 4. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 606409502−936 |
| Group O TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Arsenal Tula 651487398+8911 2. Neptunas 642522485+3710 3. Tapiolan Honka 633449457−89 4. Azovbasket 606428546−1186 | Group P TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 1. Darüșșafaka 651523429+9411 2. Iraklio Minoan Lines 642472464+810 3. Beobanka 633482463+199 4. Chemosvit 606397518−1216 |
Sources:

## Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Radnički Jugopetrol | 177–172 | Norrköping Dolphins | 107–93 | 70–79 |
| Alita-Savy | 142–144 | Galatasaray | 75–70 | 67–74 |
| Zucchetti Reggiana | 137–150 | Panionios Nutella | 79–69 | 58–81 |
| Keravnos Kéo | 124–153 | Sunair Oostende | 70–73 | 54–80 |
| Ericsson Bobry Bytom | 145–150 | JDA Dijon | 78–79 | 67–71 |
| Fórum Valladolid | 157–159 | Beşiktaş | 76–79 | 81–80 |
| Apollon Achaia Clauss | 155–153 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 75–75 | 80–78 |
| UniVersa Bamberg | 136–137 | Brotnjo | 79–54 | 57–83 |
| Porto | 129–146 | Ducato Siena | 73–63 | 56–83 |
| Benston Zagreb | 108–133 | Adecco Estudiantes | 49–72 | 59–61 |
| Papagou Katselis | 138–147 | Šiauliai | 74–67 | 64–80 |
| Pogoń Ruda Śląska | 148–146 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 77–70 | 71–76 |
| Krka | 119–158 | FC Barcelona | 66–75 | 53–83 |
| Okapi Aalst | 147–158 | Aeroporti di Roma Virtus | 64–70 | 83–88 |
| Neptūnas | 172–191 | Darüşşafaka | 89–97 | 83–94 |
| Iraklio Minoan Lines | 156–163 | Arsenal Tula | 69–69 | 87–94 |

## Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Radnički Jugopetrol | 145–169 | Panionios Nutella | 74–88 | 71–81 |
| Galatasaray | 131–143 | Sunair Oostende | 62–58 | 69–85 |
| JDA Dijon | 135–122 | Apollon Achaia Clauss | 68–52 | 67–70 |
| Beşiktaş | 142–133 | Brotnjo | 84–53 | 58–80 |
| Ducato Siena | 151–114 | Šiauliai | 85–45 | 66–69 |
| Adecco Estudiantes | 159–150 | Pogoń Ruda Śląska | 76–71 | 83–79 |
| FC Barcelona | 157–147 | Darüşşafaka | 83–71 | 74–76 |
| Aeroporti di Roma Virtus | 156–164 | Arsenal Tula | 79–83 | 77–81 |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Panionios Nutella | 161–150 | JDA Dijon | 87–66 | 74–84 |
| Sunair Oostende | 171–147 | Beşiktaş | 93–65 | 78–82 |
| Ducato Siena | 146–147 | FC Barcelona | 87–71 | 59–76 |
| Adecco Estudiantes | 147–122 | Arsenal Tula | 77–59 | 70–63 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Panionios Nutella | 132–171 | FC Barcelona | 71–80 | 61–91 |
| Sunair Oostende | 143–159 | Adecco Estudiantes | 82–84 | 61–75 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Adecco Estudiantes | 163–174 | FC Barcelona | 93–77 | 70–97 |
* 1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
* FC Barcelona 2nd title